In article , Bob Noel
wrote:
The Canadian system had and still has the US system as a relief valve.
(but I am glad you've had your Canadian system work well for you).

When I put my hand through a glass door, severing all the flexor
tendons, median nerve, both arteries in my wrist, I had it fixed by
so-called "socialized health care".

The comment made by the US AME who looked at the repair when I went for
my first medical?

"They did a really good job with that"

I had regained normal function of the hand in 3 months, too. The
sensation took a little longer to come back on all of the hand (nerves
take time to grow). The job involved not only repairing the wrist in the
first place (6.5 hours of microsurgery) but followup daily physiotherapy
for 2 months. I wonder if insurance would have paid for it all.

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